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No. 626,543. Patented lune 6, |899. E. U. KINSEY.

CABINET FOR PHONDGRAPH CYLINDERS.

(Application tiled May 23, 1598.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEe ERNEST U. KINSEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CABINET FOR PHONOGRAPH-CYLINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,543, dated June 6, 1899.

Application led May 23, 1898. Serial No. 681,426. (No model.)

To all whom, t 77mg/ concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST U. KINsEv, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Cabinet- IIolders for Phonograph-Cylinders, of which the following is a specification.

Phonograph-cylinders are used interchan geably on the phonograph and the material of which they are made is easilyinj ured. Therefore great care has to be exercised in handling the cylinders, especially in removing them from the cabinet, placing them upon the machine, and returning them to the cabinet. In these cabinets a tubular holder of paper is usually provided,over which the cylinderfits, and the paper holder is considerably shorter in length than the cylinder, so that the fingers of the hand can be placed in the end of the cylinder and spread to engage the inner surface of the cylinder to lift the same o the tubular paper holder. This is the usual method of removing the cylinders, as it is disadvantageous to touch the exterior surface at all with the hands. It is necessary to know what the record upon the surface of each cylinder is. Therefore slips of paper on which are written the record are usually placed in these tubular holders. As theholder is down within the cylinder, these slips are not easily accessible and because they are loose they are readily lost; and the object of my invention is to provide a device in which these objections are removed. i

In carrying out my invention I provide tubular holders of paper secured in a cabinet with a felt strip surrounding the tubular holders and overlying the bottom of the cabinet in the manner set forth in my application, Serial No. 673,567, filed March 12, 1898. I also provide a tubular guide, preferably of paper, that telescopes with the stationary holder secured to the bottom of the cabinet and an internal spring bearing at one end against the bottom of the cabinet and at the other end against the cap upon the upper end of the depressible telescoping tubular guide. This spring keeps the depressible guide elevated to about the top of the phonograph-cylinder, and the cap is provided with a surface that can be written upon to indicate the record upon the surrounding cylinder. When the cylinder is to be removed, the fingers of the hand bearing upon the cap of the'depressible guide force the same down against the spring, so that the fingers can be spread to grasp the inner surface of the cylinder and remove the same for use. The cap of the guide bearing the record of the cylinder is a fixture to indicate the position of the cylinder, and the writin g on the caps can be easily read because coming at about the same levelas the tops of the cylinders on the cabinet.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents by a vertical section part of a cabinet and two phonograph-cylinders and tubular holders according to my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

ct represents the bottom of the cabinet, and a' a side or end thereof. The bottom portion a is made with circular grooves b at regular distances apart to receive the tubular holders c, of paper or other similar or suitable material, and d d represent the phonograph-cylinders surrounding the holders c, and between the bases of the cylinders d and the bottom of the cabinet and surrounding the holders c I prefer to place a cushion c, of felt, to prevent injury to the ends of the cylinders. These parts are similar to those set forth in my application hereinbefore named.

Vithin each of the tubular holders c and telescoping therewith is a depressible tubular guide f, also preferably of paper or similar material, and within each holder is a spring 7L, preferably helical, resting at its lower end upon the bottom of the cabinet and coming at its upper end against the under side of the cap z'of the guide f. This cap 't' may be made of any suitable material and is surfaced with a disk i', preferably of paper, upon Whichcan be Written the record or other designation of the cylinder surrounding the holder.

As a matter of economy I prefer to make the cap from the disk of felt cut from the bottom pad c, where it is iitted around the tubular holder c. This disk being the same diameter as the tubular holder c passes easily within the phonograph-cylinder, and it is glued upon the upper end of the depressible guide f, and it can be made rigid by covering the inner surface with a layer of glue, and

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when the strip of paper or thin cardboard 7l is put upon the outer surface additional stiffening is given to the felt to make the same serviceable and prevent the action of the fingers and spring injuring the cap.

The record or other designation of the cylinder, as illustrated in Fig. 2,.is to be Written or printed upon the surface of the cap, and to remove the cylinder the fin gers are pressed upon the cap to force down the cap and guide within the phonograph-cylinder against the action of the helical spring, and the fingers are then spread against the inner surface of the phonograph-cylinder to raise the same'off of the tubular holder. The location is thus marked for the return of the cylinder from the phonograph after use. There is to be su f- Iicientstrength in the helical spring 7L to always maintain the guide f and its cap in an elevated position, as shown in Fig. 1, except when force is exerted by the fingers to press the same down.

I claim as my invention- 1. In acabinet for holding phonograph-cylinders, the combination with a fixed tubular holder, of a depressible tubular guide telescoping therewith and an elastic device within the telescoping parts for elevating the guide in relation to the holder, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cabinet forholding phonograph-cylinders, the combination with a fixed tubular holder,.of a .depressible tubular guide telescoping therewith, a cap upon the upper end of said depressiblev guide having a surface upon which can be Written the record or other designation of the cylinder, and a spring within the telescoping parts for elevating the guide, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cabinet for phonograph-cylinders, the combination with the bottom havingcircular grooves and fixed tubular holders receivedin said grooves and connected to the bottom'Qf the cabinet and a lining of felt on the bottom from which disks have been cut to cause the lining to fit around the fixed tubular holders and form a cushion for the lower ends of the phonograph-cylinders, of a depressible tubular guide of paper or similar material telescoping with and preferably located within each fixed holder, a cap for said depressible guide formed from the disk of felt cut out ofthe bottom lining and secured upon the upper end of the guide and a spring within the holder and acting to elevate the guide, substantially as and for the purposes Vset forth.

rbular holders and form a cushion for the lower ends of the phonograph-cylinders, of a depressible tubular guide of paper or similar material telescoping with and preferably lo Y cated within each fixed holder, a cap for said depressible guide formed from the disk of felt cut out of the bottom lining and secured upon the upper end of the guide, and paper or similar material upon said cap and upon which can be placed the record or other des-1 ignation of the cylinder and a spring within the holder and acting to elevate the guide, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. y

5. A record-holder of the character stated, consisting of a column adapted to support a record and a head on said column for the name of the record of said holder, said head being adapted to fall and rise and to be held in elevation.

6. A record-holder of the character stated, consisting of a column, one part of which is adapted to rise and fall and to be held in elevated position'and a head on said part for designating the name of the record on the holder.

7. A record-holder of the character stated, consisting of a tubular body, a followertelescopically fitted thereto, means for holding said follower in elevation and means for limiting said elevation.

8. In a cabinet for holding phonograph-cylinders, the combination with a fixed tubular holder, of a depressible tubular guide closed at one end and telescoping therewith and an elastic device within the telescoping parts for maintaining the guide in an elevated po'- sition in relation to the holder, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 19th day of May, A. D. 1898.

E. U. KINSEY.

Vitnesses GEO. T. PINCKNEY, HAROLD SERELL.

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